Digging Hole With Missed Opportunities
September 26th, 2021
Missed a key pick early.
When you are playing shorthanded against arguably the best team in the NFC, you better take advantage of your chances, especially early given that Sean McVay has never blown a halftime lead.
The Bucs, quite literally, dropped the ball with three missed big-play chances in the first quarter.
With the Rams in their own territory, a tipped pass landed right in Jamel Dean’s breadbasket.
And. He. Dropped. It.
Later, Tom Brady let loose with a pass too early because of pressure but it was one of the better throws Joe has seen from Brady. It was a hair long and it fell into the hands of Rob Gronkowski but it was just a fraction too long and Gronk couldn’t pull it in.
Then, Jordan Whitehead popped the ball loose with a hard hit but the Bucs couldn’t come up with the fumble.
Who knows if the Bucs could have come away with (at least) 14 points from those plays? But as you can add up for yourself, not taking advantage of those almost-made plays in the first quarter likely cost the Bucs big time.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:30 pm
All of North America just witnessed this debacle. How sweaty & bloated is Jason Licht right now?
September 26th, 2021 at 7:32 pm
Missed opportunities and horrible refs and poor execution and pathetic pass rush and lousy coverage and and and…take your pick!!!
September 26th, 2021 at 7:33 pm
Oh, piss poor running effort and too much pressure on Brady…anything I missed?
September 26th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
That could have been the play that turned this game around but in all honesty the bucs were just overwhelmed on all phases.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Stop the ref comments Naples. Face it, we got spanked on both sides of the ball.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
I guess all the undefeated season talk can now be over and we can move on and play and try to pickup a d back or two
September 26th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Jamel Dean = hands of stone.
His dropped pick was a huge missed opportunity.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Alvin…I don’t deny we got our @sses kicked by the Rams…but we also got our @sses kicked by the refs. 2 TD plays had penalties by the Rams NOT called…hard to beat a team that is beating you when there’s any extra opponent on the field.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:36 pm
Over reacting. 17 game season. 3rd game.
Relax.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:37 pm
BTW Alvin did you miss all the other reason I posted but you choose to comment on my ref comment????
September 26th, 2021 at 7:37 pm
And we wonder why no one makes the pro bowl. I don’t remember Lavonte David being pointed out a single play this game. But then again Joe Buck was busy texting Stafford trying to arrange a date.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:39 pm
Bucsfan…no one played at a pro bowl level today…
September 26th, 2021 at 7:41 pm
Yeah man this secondary isn’t nowhere near the playoffs level.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:42 pm
Architek…the defense ain’t the same at all…no pass rush and no coverage, not just one phase…where’s LVD and DW????
September 26th, 2021 at 7:46 pm
Oh no, we suck again
September 26th, 2021 at 7:46 pm
Not surprised by the result. Sean Mcvay is just leaps and bound better than the 100 coaches on the Bucs staff combined.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:46 pm
Naples might have a point, they only called 1 penalty on the Rams the entire game…1 penalty, come on! They called 7 on the Bucs.
Maybe not why we lost today but I am sure it contributed to it. The Rams are good, we are missing 4 or 5 starters, and we beat ourselves. But the refs helped the Rams out a little bit.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:47 pm
Rams protected their house, as they should have.
Joe is on to something, though…. These ain’t no gravediggers.. they’re hole diggers. We in bad shape, BA may even end up on the Injury Report.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:48 pm
Hate on me if you want but I called this loss. I said no pass rush and weak pass defense would be fatal in this game. The Rams are tougher physically than the Bucs. Fat boy left tackle was beat early on. We all knew our backfield was depleted but still it was hard to watch. And what? One sack in three games? Their defense backs put a beat on our receivers. Rams earned it. STAFFORD out played the GOAT this time. And Tyron was not a factor. We have what should be easier games coming up. But our weaknesses were exposed before this game so who knows? Ps. I DID NOT like watching our team get beat down.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:49 pm
Another big mistake in the 1st Q was Wells gagging up a crutial penalaty. Thanks for being ready for your single play chump. Gronk also had 2 costly pentalties in the first half as well.
Your not beating good teams with all the mistakes. We werent playing Dallas or Atlanta this week.
Hopefully all this will be old news and we peak in December. I dont think the Rams ate welcoming a rematch if we are firing on all cylinders!
GO BUCS!!!!!!
September 26th, 2021 at 7:50 pm
Jamel “Brick hands” Dean!
September 26th, 2021 at 7:53 pm
I’ve said it multiple times on previous threads. JDean is outta his league. The guy play confused n responds like a deer in the headlight. After three years in the league he still play as if he’s learning on the job. Com on man, let’s get us some Richard Sherman, a player who’s good at reading offenses. Our pass defense sucks.
September 26th, 2021 at 7:53 pm
Can anyone explain WTF Vita and Suh aren’t on the field on 1st and 2nd downs? Bowles calling plays too conservatively. You have back up corners in the best way to help them is to create pressure with your front.
Ex Bucs players and coach getting their revenge today. Lets heal up and maybe we’ll see them and get our revenge in the playoffs.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:00 pm
I was expecting a loss. The Rams match up well against the Bucs
Silver Lining: The coaching staff saw the Rams at full strength, giving Tampa Bay their best shot. The Rams saw a short-handed Bucs team. If these teams meet again (I expect it) it’ll be easier for the Bucs to game plan than vice versa. That doesn’t sound like much now but it might really help later.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:02 pm
the Rams physicality stood out. Needs to be removed by the NFL.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Will
We got them in numerous third and longs. 1st and 2nd weren’t the problem, getting torched on third down.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:10 pm
Those 1st quarter plays were a chance to set a different tone for the entire game. But instead they squandered it.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:36 pm
Jmarkbuc
Good point I’m just not use to those guys being off the field that much. That was hard to watch so glad I didn’t follow my initial instict and say screw the price I’m going to the game. 1st game I’ve missed in Cali in a few years.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:44 pm
I think we will be fine. Lack of a pass rush has me befuddled.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:52 pm
Today’s Bucs was the team JW played with. Not taking up for him but no D and no running games you sling 40 plus. Hard to beat good teams without some balance. I felt like TB was in same situation as JW.
September 26th, 2021 at 8:58 pm
80% conversion rate on 3rd down they said late in the game. 80% is disgusting.
September 27th, 2021 at 1:54 am
we got spunked by the rams…
#SpankedAndPunkedEqualsSpunked
September 27th, 2021 at 1:56 am
and we have previous issues with these bastids…
in 1979 the 9-0 championship game loss…
and the 11-6 championship “bert emanuel rule” game…
#YoFuggTheRams
September 27th, 2021 at 2:25 am
W/o AB, JPP, and SMB we were likely to lose this game anyway. But the way the Rams handled our front 7 on passing downs was disturbing. We will not prevail this season w/o a much better pass rush.
September 27th, 2021 at 1:57 pm
Why in the heck is Vita Vea standing on the sideline while the Rams are throwing the ball all over the yard and we can’t get close to Stafford. It seemed like every time there was an important series or drive the camera would pan over to Vea standing on the sideline. I know these guys need a break every now and then but he was off the field a lot. I know we had injuries in the secondary but Bowles has to do better than that. If you are going to get shredded at least make it interesting and play man every now and then.
September 27th, 2021 at 1:58 pm
Now that the 20-0 dream is dead, the Bucs can just concentrate on fixing known weak areas. This game while being lopsided easily could’ve went the other way. Bucs really missed both AB and JPP.
I hope they lose a couple more regular season games. It will only make them hungry for the playoffs. Don’t worry too much folks.
September 27th, 2021 at 3:31 pm
I don’t understand pick play offense pass interference. How is Gronks penalty different than the Rams pick play touchdown